ioo Proceedings. 



Annual General Meeting, April 28, 1896, 

 Henry Wilde, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Herbert Bolton, F.R.S.E., Assistant- Keeper in 

 the Manchester Museum, was elected an ordinary member^ 



The Annual Report of the Council was presented, and 

 it was moved by Mr. J. E. King, M.A., seconded by Mr. 

 R. L. Taylor, F.C.S., and resolved: — "That the Annual 

 Report be adopted, and printed in the Society's Memoirs 

 and Proceedings . ' ' 



It was moved by Dr. James Bottomley, seconded by 

 Dr. Charles Burghardt, and resolved : — " That the 

 system of electing Associates of the Section be continued 

 during the ensuing session." 



It was moved by Mr. W. E. Hoyle, M.A., seconded 

 by Mr. John Boyd, and resolved : — " That the Council 

 be recommended to take the opinion of the members 

 regarding the hours of meeting." 



Mr. Faraday intimated that the expression of his 

 inability to continue to act as one of the honorary 

 secretaries, contained in the annual report, was intended 

 to imply that his engagements would not permit him to 

 serve on the Council in any capacity during the ensuing 

 year. 



On the motion of Professor Reynolds, seconded by 

 Dr. E. Schunck, it was resolved : — " That this meeting 

 expresses the thanks of the Society to Mr. F. J. Faraday 

 for the great services which he has rendered to the 

 Society during his 10 years' tenure of office as honorary 

 secretary." 



